Book contents
- The Captive’s Quest for Freedom
- Slaveries since Emancipation
- The Captive’s Quest for Freedom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Maps
- Preface
- Part I The Slave Power Asserts Its Rights
- Part II Freedom’s Fires Burn
- 4 Missouri and Illinois
- 5 Western Kentucky and Indiana
- 6 Eastern Kentucky and Ohio
- 7 Southeast Pennsylvania
- 8 Eastern Shore of Maryland and Philadelphia
- 9 New York
- 10 Massachusetts
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Conclusion
from Part II - Freedom’s Fires Burn
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 January 2018
- The Captive’s Quest for Freedom
- Slaveries since Emancipation
- The Captive’s Quest for Freedom
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Maps
- Preface
- Part I The Slave Power Asserts Its Rights
- Part II Freedom’s Fires Burn
- 4 Missouri and Illinois
- 5 Western Kentucky and Indiana
- 6 Eastern Kentucky and Ohio
- 7 Southeast Pennsylvania
- 8 Eastern Shore of Maryland and Philadelphia
- 9 New York
- 10 Massachusetts
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Captive's Quest for FreedomFugitive Slaves, the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, and the Politics of Slavery, pp. 441 - 460Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018